Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Okie State has a fairly regarded QB commit already with a number of P5 offers & Elite 11 Finals appearance. Not sure I see the advantage for them to be sniffing around another guy who isn't as heralded. QB prep commits aren't known for being accommodating of second QB prep commits.
Time to get the local recruits in for the game on Saturday. Getting some free publicity and also one of the few schools able to allow recruits to attend a game since not many games Week 0. Time to put the Bat-Signal up for future recruits and land Jyaire Hill 
Time to get the local recruits in for the game on Saturday. Getting some free publicity and also one of the few schools able to allow recruits to attend a game since not many games Week 0. Time to put the Bat-Signal up for future recruits and land Jyaire Hill
A little birdie told me he’s going to be at the game on Saturday …
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
A little birdie told me he’s going to be at the game on Saturday …
Yes , I did............I really really did ........................
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Oh I am awareA little birdie told me he’s going to be at the game on Saturday …
Sounds like we could have a decent amount of prospects from the 2024 and 2025 class in attendance as well
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Oh I am aware
Sounds like we could have a decent amount of prospects from the 2024 and 2025 class in attendance as well
Ahhhhh, the benefits of having a week 0 game (wonder if this will be changed in the future because it seems like such a slam-dunk recruiting advantage)
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Anyone seen a list for '23 guys beyond Hill?
illini80
- Forgottonia
I wonder if any of these moms have some eligibility left?? 
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Not gonna lie. I laughed pretty hard at that one.That's great. I liked the last one, where the Mom just bounced off her son.
Ditto here.
This seems like pretty big news, maybe worthy of its own thread: https://247sports.com/Article/Colle...windows-go-into-effect-immediately-192369821/
The thing that stuck out to me was this, "Schools will now be required to keep transfer athletes on scholarship through the completion of their five-year eligibility or until they finish their undergraduate degree." Seems like that would curb transfers to some degree, or impact programs taking a flyer on an open scholarship.
The thing that stuck out to me was this, "Schools will now be required to keep transfer athletes on scholarship through the completion of their five-year eligibility or until they finish their undergraduate degree." Seems like that would curb transfers to some degree, or impact programs taking a flyer on an open scholarship.
If we continue to struggle to get quality defensive linemen, I would consider recruiting 3 extra offensive linemen and tell them from day one that they are now defensive linemen if they want to join us. By year 3 some would be ready to contribute. The portal would always be a backup.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
With the “or completion of undergrad degree” means that this issue is going to be a rare occasion. Most of these guys graduate early or on time with summer classes.
illini80
- Forgottonia
I think it’s valid effort, but trying to slow down the tampering is paddling upstream as you go over the Niagara Falls. At least there is more or less a deadline to know who’s on your team. Of course that assumes they don’t continue to grant 85% of appeals.
Illini staff can reach out to 2024 recruits today through text/DM and sounds like they started this morning. BB sent out a great tweet about it yesterday and sounds like a few recruits have responded already.
Great points. I will add that if coach can get guys like Crisler and Adams to the NFL we will be a hot spot for juco linemen on the regular. It will allow us to allocate more resources to high school playmaking athletes and top level defensive players. I think the line will be GREAT here in the near future and beyond.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Thing is, the reason Jucos gave us a leg up in the 80's was that the big boys weren't recruiting there. Everyone is in the portal now, it's a very tight market.
The next innovation will be in the NIL space, I'm sure of it. If I knew what it was I'd tell you. It does give me confidence that we have coaches and an AD who are open and thoughtful about NIL and a booster community that while relatively small is reasonably well funded and very docile and cooperative with the school. That's been a disadvantage to us in many ways, but I think the willingness to take orders and play ball will be helpful in the new reality.
(An SEC school NIL consortium vs NIL consortium civil war is going to break out and get confusing and ugly very soon, I predict)
How so? I’m intrigued…
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Picture this. One Auburn consortium has deals with one faction of players and recruits and supports Bryan Harsin, one Auburn consortium has deals with another faction of players and recruits and wants him fired. The winner gets to be the group in the inner circle with the ear of the head football coach. And it's Auburn so the inmates run the asylum. Good luck working all that out.
Booster wars are nothing new, but being able to leverage pen-on-paper contractual relationships with the players is new (except at SMU lol).
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